One of the Barrymores
The crossword clue "One of the Barrymores" is answered by ETHEL, a 5-letter entry. Used 29 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ETHEL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ETHEL answer page.
Used 29 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- LIONEL (3 uses in xd)
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